Thanks again to Jorgen for digging up this excellent feature in The Globe and Mail’s Technology section. It’s an in depth piece regarding the future of publishing as seen through a digital screen. Impossible to predict, the technological advances leave us in a wide field of speculation. Interestingly, the Globe leads the story with mention of the rumored …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Oct 01
A List of EPUB-Friendly eBook Readers from Adobe
I have to share this information with all current and prospective owners of eBook Readers. I was just tracking down an article about Wattpad announcing its adoption of the EPUB format when I came across this chart from Adobe. The listed devices support the cross-platform open format and PDF. (I know PDF is not an eBook …
Sep 30
A Pivotal Moment for Sony and the eBook Revolution
I have to hand it to the people at Sony. (Read their press release.)Â They’re charging into the eBook Revolution with their eyes wide open and market dominance in mind. After a few stumbles with outmoded attempts at DRM and proprietary formatting that were corrected with their adoption of the ePub format, they’ve gone on to …
Sep 26
Audio Books Need Love too…
“By way of introduction, our friend Jorgen sent in this post to draw attention to the audio book features on various eBook Readers out there. Many thanks! J.C.” Since many ebook-reading devices can play mp3, I thought some of you would find the following links interesting. I prefer reading to listening, but the history podcasts …
Sep 25
eBook Format Options
What’s new about this article at the New York Times is the rather matter-of-fact tone it takes when discussing a relatively new technology. That suggests a comfort level that few expected this early in the eBook Revolution. What also stands out is that the number of eBook formats is shrinking rapidly, with ePub (as predicted) moving quietly into …
Sep 24
eBook Apps for iPhone
Okay, we’ve been so obsessed with the rumored Apple Tablet that we’ve quite neglected the iPhone and iPod Touch, both technological workhorses (wonders?)Â making their own contribution to the eBook Revolution. Macworld Canada’s Danny Bradbury offers a list of new and upgraded free (or mostly free) APPS that will transform your handheld device into an eBook …
Sep 23
Barnes and Noble’s eBook Reader Closer to Reality…
Barnes & Noble has competed with Amazon as an online book retailer for years and now stands poised to open the battle on another front. Brighthand.com has a story about Barnes & Noble’s own eBook reader receiving FCC approval. (That approval is a clear signal that the B&N device will offer wireless eBook downloads similar to Amazon’s Kindle.) …
Sep 18
We’ve been expecting this to happen…
There’ll soon be open battle in the eBook Revolution. This update from Jorgen. PCWorld, much like the rest of us, is predicting the outbreak of an eBook Reader war. Read the article here. They’re warning us to be cautious when making an eBook reader purchase since the next year is going to see a wide variety of …
Sep 16
eBook Readers, formats and everything in between…
Okay, yet another great contribution from the intrepid Jorgen.  Here we’re presented a detailed list of eBook readers in a chart indexed with readable eBook formats. Oh, Jorgen also suggested that maybe some of you could improve it. I took a look around and have to say some of the information regarding formats needs to be updated. It’s at Wikipedia, with photos …
Sep 15
Astonishing Adventures Magazine – FREE Online Reading
I found an interesting online magazine while I was out cruising the web researching other ways of doing the publishing thing digitally–it can’t all be about the eBooks, can it? Anyway, this one impressed me. Astonishing Adventures Magazine is an interactive ‘virtual’ publication uploaded to issuu.com. Issuu.com is an online clearinghouse for digital content from …
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